Sysdig clocks first documented case of agentic ransomware
Artificial intelligence is claiming many firsts as it permeates every layer of technology, including the tools cybercriminals use to break into networks, steal sensitive data,…
Category: Cyberscoop
US Army websites defaced with pro-Kurdish sentiments, insults to Trump
By Derek B. Johnson Multiple U.S. Army internet subdomains were defaced in a 404 hijacking campaign, CyberScoop has confirmed. As of Monday morning, error pages…
Finding vulnerabilities was never the hard part
I keep hearing the same frustration when I talk with security leaders. The real problem sitting on their desk isn’t finding vulnerabilities. It’s deciding which…
Someone infected a spyware probe overseer with spyware
In 2022 and 2023, the European Parliament’s PEGA Committee investigated spyware abuses across the European Union following journalistic revelations about government deployment of NSO Group’s…
Alleged longstanding member of Scattered Spider extradited to US
A 19-year-old alleged member of the Scattered Spider extortion crew was extradited to the United States last week and remains in federal custody awaiting several…
Researchers spot exploitation of another critical Oracle defect
A cybercriminal exploited a critical defect Saturday in the payments processing feature of Oracle E-Business Suite that could mark the early stages of a potentially…
US lifting export control restrictions on Anthropic’s Mythos, Fable
By Derek B. Johnson Anthropic has announced its Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models will once again be available to the public as it has…
This phishing kit looks more like BEC-as-a-service
Toolkits to wage phishing campaigns are a now-venerable instrument for cybercriminals, but researchers recently turned up details on something like a full-fledged “business email compromise-as-a-service”…
Citrix patches a new NetScaler flaw with echoes of CitrixBleed
Citrix published a security bulletin Tuesday disclosing six vulnerabilities in NetScaler ADC and NetScaler Gateway appliances, including a high-severity memory disclosure flaw that researchers say…
Trump budget boss Russell Vought open to re-staffing CISA
Trump administration budget chief Russell Vought told lawmakers Tuesday that he’s willing to work with Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin on re-staffing up…
DHS to unveil replacement council for critical infrastructure cybersecurity
The Department of Homeland Security is bringing back a key cybersecurity information sharing effort with critical infrastructure, more than a year after the Trump administration…
How ransomware syndicates weaponize corporate-style organization
Similar to the events that unfolded with the Conti ransomware group’s demise in 2022, leaked internal chat logs of the Black Basta cybercrime group last…